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JOB Plilicruo3 of every kind. In Plain and linitc7
=colors, done with neatness end dispatch. Handbills.
Elsnk a; Cards. Pamphlets. Ellihdift Eltaternenta, fro.
of every variety and style, printed at the shortest
notice. The Rao w:xi Once ts well supplied with
Power Presses, a good assortment of new typo, and
everything in the Printing the can be executed in
the most artistic manner ind at the lowest rates.
TERMS fie. kRIABLT CASH. ,
BtrsnlEssi CARDS.
jOIENT_D BLACKSMITH,
MONIIGETON, P 6., pays particular attention to
roiling Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs, &c. The set and
ropairing done on short notioe. Work- and charges
guaranteed satisfactory. I ' 12,15,69.
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MOS PENNYPACKER, HAS
again established *self In the TAILORING
-.I3SINESS.- Shop over Rockwell's Store. Work of
y description done in the latesestyles._
Towsnds, kprP2l, '1870.4-tf , •
S. IttrSS7,LL''S
GESTILAL
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INSURANCE AGENCY,
TOWANDA, PA.
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riIHE UNDERSIGNED A.Retu.-
1. TECT BITULDEtt, wishes to inform the
cithsens of Tov:anda and dicinity, that b.e will give
partithiar - attention to draidng plans, deaigne and
apecificsOlona for - all manner of buildings, private
and public. Superiuti•ndence given for reasonable
compensation. Office at risidence 11. E. corner of
S2cond-and Elizabeth streets. •
i J. E. FIi3XSIISG,
Box 511, Towanda, Ps. r
0,t5'71
W. . W.- E.DIGgi3I3RY,
BEAL PSTATE, LITE, FIRE, & ACCIDENT ,
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INSTIRS. , NC.E AGE:NOY.
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Office, corner of Maid and State Streets, 1
' March 13.1.87i1 , L • TOWANDA, Pa.
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Sti, DOORS, .A..TD .
BLINDS.
S i
i am prepared to furnish Biln.dried Doors, Saab
snd Blinds of any style, SiZil. or thickness, on abort
notice. Hand in your orders teri• days before you
want to use the articles, and be anA that ron will
"get doorathat will not ahrink or swell. Terms csab
in delivery. )
Towanda, July 11.1871. 1 GEO. P . cesa.
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ISIMANCE.—The following reli
able and I ;
' FIRE TRIED
Co:npanies reprpsentecl.
— IANCAGHTRE, I 1:
PHENIX,
MERCHANTS.
Q. A. BLACK. -
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Mar ID 'sr44f.
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N. HEA.TH I •i L
A....$ •
1119 established his business of Manufacturin,g and
Repairing ail kinds of 1
EDGE TOOLS, 311 LL PICKS, MADE ,11.wn DRESSED
He also makes the boat ' STRAW CUTTER now is
use. All orders filled promrStiy, at •
'LEANS; ROCKWELLCO., TOWANDA, TA
Ja? 11, '7l-3m.
TO OUR PATRONS.;
GEO. H, WOOD '1,4; CO.,
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-s . - PHOTOGIA_PILERS, '
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"POWA',..:D f A, PA. I ' ;
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C-ratefal for the generOus patronage of the
past year, would. inform lall wanting Pictuies
that we are still adding to our establishment
I
NEW AND IMPROVED INSTREMMITS,
And adopting triad and [ approved modes of •
piinting and retouching in order to secure'
FINER PROTOGRAPHSIYH HERETOFORE
:Jade outeido of -
....its, arid that we make
h.& enecisity to cnia,r, , ill kinds . of Pictures to
any etze desired, sue :.:41sh in Water Colors, i
India Ink, or in Oil„fo • he
BEST STYLES AI: .ERY LOW PRICES.
We also endeavor t• ...aka all the time possi
bler in making l childrens lotuses, so as to se
cure tha best results. ••
We are constantly add ng s to oar ;
stock of ,
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All new patterns and tasteful styles. and fcr
nlsh them eta small adr.ce froM cost priers. i
_ May 1 , 1,1673.
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SUSQUEHANN
C-OLILEGIATE
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The Fall term of the twentieth year of this Instis
tution will open .411C1FST12-1, 1874, with. the follow
log list of instructors : ,-*
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17.8.3r11i E. QCINI AN, PEINT:IVAL.
. .I:ic:ent Lammages a4l Norm 11 .I.lranebeg.
F. L. fIILLIS, N.B.
:-..:ierc!..11, 'Mathematical and Scit-Mltic llratlehes.
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Commercial and Ilalihematical I.tranehes.
Miss' MART E. MERRELL.
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Common and Righer English:
Matiemoiscllcid Lr.QUIS.
i'rentla t Languagb. Drawing ant Painting:
llre. L. A. BALDWIN,
Vocal Ittu •
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, .ru rental sicMu
, .11Sti Rill b organized at commence
:, term. Teerincipal ' will conduct the
of this class ch i efly, and aid all tea i 'le
n,
t]
__ , :ore thetnicives'wo., by and competent i -e
-c:.triug positions. Effort *ill he mule by devo .ig
more time and using tee 116c:eased facilities or sp.
pantos. to make the ineiriution in this class more
profitable than ever before.
At a considerable adilit.knal expense, instruction
in Drawing and Vocal 3las:e has •been made free to
monibrrs of the echool. neae: two st , uatea, if paid
for as extras. as Is heualle the case. would nearly
cov, r 'the cost of tuitiour ]Prirvisitin is also made
for individual grostrtiction in ',vocal music. Mrs.
D . .aldacin's 'ability, to - teach icoral music is too well
known to need comment.l I •
, , • A new laboratory $s being fitted up and the celiac
}ion of Philosophical 'apparatus , enlarged,. The
grounds are beim. , graded: fine croquet grounds are
prepared and effort mails to meet the phyiical as
well as the inbrilectual wants of the strident*.
] I Tuition front - $t to $lO 'per qua. Board, includ
ing furnished room, lights, -washing, &e t, $ 4 per
week: Pxpen sea per yea,;. in English studies, $192 ;
in classical, s2ql. , i r -
For circular or further[ information, address the
Principal, E. E. QUISLAtit, Towanda, Pa.
[ MILLER FOX. . _
?reef. Boa , d Trustees.
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ME
GO TO JACOIIS'
TEIIPLE.
MAIN STREET,
. FOB RITEST STYLES IN
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SPBMG AvD-SUNIILEB CLOTHIN.3.
ooptia asativED xcr.l7
.1- ^""..1. 1 . 1 . Apra 3. 1274.
STAMPING DONE AT MRS.
HENRY KINGRURY'S DRESS
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-lAKING ROG - MS, No. 2, ARCADE
ev,
1;LOCK•
:a. nor 17. 117
p aft Fart containing
lot acres, situate Pike t' p., lira-afc-r,l Co.,
•i acres aui'•r tulprov,raeot: Framed tionse and
young OrLhard of 15u t.recs,! besides Cherries;
Peaches.. Pears, and choice Grapevines thereon.
Unimproved land, ttnaheted with Pine, Qak, Chest
nut an.:l T.!rtnii $25 per'ncre/ror furthee
partlVlgnes call On or address
O. WOOSTER
I iv; .
Le (fine, lane - V-21= 1 !
-nit. 0. - M. STANLEY, DERTIIM
11 successor to Dr. Weston. Office In Patton's
Block. op stairs, Wain Street: Towanda, Pa. All
lands of plate work a specialty. • • al/m.1518
TIR. S.M. WOODBURN, Physician
and_flurgeon, °Moe over Wickham & Black's
()rodent store.
Towanda ; May 1;1872.-1301 . -
1 VOTLE & . "311oPTIERSON, Arrox-
Jl.. lirlrMAT-LAW. Towanda, Pa. Will glee prompt
attention to all matters entrusted to their char e.
Orphans' oourtlusiness a specialty.
w. rout. - [may2l'7l3] j: t. seruansort.
•
ior B. MaKEAN, A.TTOBVET
IL. • amp Oacnormos AT TAT, Towanda. Pa. Par.
ticniar attention paid to business in the Orphans'
Cont. • jtdy 20.'66.
PATRICK, &vow:Er-AT
ALS LAW. Office, !demur's Block, next door to
be Express Office, Towanda, Pa.
t .1)11yl7,1873.
Wg. OARNOCTEAN," ATTOR
• wit AT LAW (ritsix)et Attorney for Brad
ford Comity), Troy, Pa. Odieetione made and prat*.
ly remitted. _ teb 15. '69—tf.
Wasp. b SANDERSON,
ATTORIVErS-AT-LAW, TOWANZA, PA.
JA15.17.8 NCOOD. [may 27 P. SAIWERSOIt.
B. KELLY, DErrisT.—Office
• over 'Wickham & Black's. Towanda. Pa.
Teeth inserted on Gold. Silver. Rubber, and Alum
ni= base. Teeth extracted without pain. 0c23,73
VrADILL & CALIFF, ATromtrvs-
A.2 6 t Alt. TOWAILdi, Pa.
H. 7. MADILL. 7. Ili CAL!??.
Ofllee in Wood's Block. drat doofsonth of First
National Ba .k, up stain. Jan.8,73-1y '
El
OVER -TON & ELSBREE, Arron
aretrar,Lacv. Towanda, Pa., having entered
into copartnership. offer their 'professional seri-ince
to the public. Special attention • given to business
in the Orphan's and Register's Iforniz. apIIV7O
E. 0PE8T031.411. ' N. C. ILSRILLIC.
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Joy w. max,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LA Tr, TOWANDA, PA.
Special attention given to c.liitne against Insur
ance Companies, • Office, North ride of Public
Square. rr' 1114"1.4„
iiR. D. L. DODSON, OPERATIVE
AND IfEcuarces. Droorriq. North hiaine-st,
opposite Episcopal Church, Towanda. -Pa. All den
tal operations a speciality,. Jan 14.
PECK & STREET z
LAW OFFICE, Tow
E. C. GRrDLEY,
D OOTOh 0. L ' 13, A. (RADII-
ate of the College of "Phvel'ciatts and Snrgesolut,"
New Tork city, Class 1943-4, giEs exclusive attention
to the practice of his profession. 4. Mee and residence
on the eastern slope of Orwell Eta, adjoining Henry
Howe's. , Jan 14,'69.
DR.. D. D. SMITE, Dentist, has
parchatdWood'e propeity; between
Mercmerßlock , iuld the Elwell House, where he has
located his office. Teeth extracted without pain by
nee of pall. Towanda, Get. 20, 1870.—yr.
H ALE • A:, AGENTS .FOR
CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO:
0.21 , 0 No. 3 Griffith .1: Pattoa'a Block, Bridge Street.
March 2G. 1874.
A. 'QUICK, M. ID., GRADUATE
P• PUFF:MITT OF BUFFALO; ti, Y„
PHYIOIAN AND §IIRGEON,
ROAR RUN.
Office l..lm lt !tore of J. FITOWELL.
mar
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DI N I Ne.G. R 0 OCAI S -
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I CONNECTION WITH 1 4 H.E BAKERY,
Near the Conrt House. .
We are prepared to feed the hungry at all times of
the day and evening. Oysters 'and Ice Cream in
their seasons. _
51crch 30. 1870, D. W. SCOTT /c CQ.
E LWELL HOUSE,,
Raving leased this Souse,no* ready to accomma
date the travelling public. fi 4 o pains nor expense will
be spared to give satisfaction to those who may give
him a call.
• ifirlforth e 1 .o of the public square. mg of Met ,
cur's new block.
puarnEßF - rETin bRI EK HO
AA, TEL.
Having pnrcbased and thoroughly refitted this old
aLi well-known star], formerly kept by Sheriff Grif•
fie, at the mouth of Rummerileld Creek. is ready to
give goodAccommodatiorus and zatizfactory treatment
to all wbci may facer him with alc.all.
Dec. 23, 863.,--tf. .
ERNS HOUSE, TOWA.NDA,
• • COD.. fAIF ArD HIIITG ~ E MEET&
The: Horses, Harness. &c. of all guests of this
house; insured again etloss by klre, without any ex
tra charge. . -
A superior quality of Old English Bass Ale, just
received: T: R. JORDAN,
Towanda. Jan. 24.'71. - I Proprietor..
ItiAN SION - HOUSE, .
I INSTITUTE
IsRASSVILLEi PA
ISBOWNEtiti, -
This Tfouse is conducted in istrictly Temperance
principles. Every effort ; will bo made . to make
..raests comfortable, Good'rooms and the table will
always be iruppiled with the ibest the market af
fords. . • - Nov.l, 1871.
ETHLEEZM, PA
" OLD MORATIAN I SUN INN,"
• . 111:11.2' i758 l
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Rich in historical interest, it is the only building In
the country except Indepe.uder ce Hall, hoporcd by
the sojourn within its walls ofl Washington, Lars) ,
ette, Lee. Gates and other patriots of the revolu.
tion. This popular hotel has recently changed
hands, been improved. entirely refurnished, and
the proprietor cordially invites his friends and trav
eling public to give him a call—no pains will be
spared. to render their 'stay lemfortable. People
en route for Philadelphia will nd it convenient to
spend the night here, reaching the city about eight
in the morning.. A sample room on first 'floor tor
'accommodation of commercial agentX. . •.-
; C. T. SMITH,
' Proprietor.
ME
MEM
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B. W. ALVORD , Pub lii her.
VOLUME XXXIV.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
QMIT4 MONTABYE, ATTO I 3O
1.:1 -1 .
mite r
cn r o l at it ie
p f oria dki i r;:aolOse Of Main sad
TIR. T. B. JOHNSOiI, PirifflellAN AND .
StitiazoN, Office oter Dr. a. 0: Porter Pon
& Co.'s Dreg Store.
W. A. PEas. Vart.1.5'741 H. STALETra.
ATTORNEY-A
Kpril 1, 1873
ZET DA:VIES, LikTTORYEYS-AT
LAW, •
NIERPITR''S ELOCE.,
Arr l'- 4. I Towanda. Pa.
JOELti C. WILSbN
Pk/ LANDIMSER.
MS
Sept 4. 1873
MEW ARRANGEMENT
t -AT THE FIRST 11 ,L ITH; ' BAKERY.
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MRS. MARY E. KITTREDGE
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flaying purchased the stock and fixtures of 11. A.
Coyles' Bikery, has refitted the establishment and
parcbaied an entirely i
1 • NEW STOCK O I F GOODS,
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Suited to the teacie; such as .
GEOCERIF.g, TE.IB, COFFEE, pnriza Fates, Camqto
Fr.ri re, dONFECTIO I NIMHY, FRESH Br.zaD,
Bigctrre, DAn.r.
Anest and atiracliro
ICE •CREAM !ALOON
Nu! be opened in connectio with the establish
m • • where indica and gentlemen can always find
ti .4 at cream and other delicacies of the seasmi.
THE DPINTING RO.O g
This been refurnished. and trill at all tine tie slip
plled-witd substantial el4ablee, which will be nerved
at reasonable rates. Fattier& and'others visiting
town will Lind this a convenient place to supply the
wstits of the inner man.
MIRY E. KITTREDGE
Tnssands, April 13.
F Q" SAL E OR RENT.—A aesira
ble Bonne and Lot on Fourth street, fifth
hoc.te north of O. D. Bartlett's, convenient to Insti
tote or ;Graded school. klngniro on premises.
MOSOILIP.
Towia6ladarst IL "T4•tf.
At the foot of the hill, near the old red
• In-a quiet, shady spot,
Just peeping through, half hid from view„
Stands a little . moss-grown eot", • •
And straying through at the open door,
The sunbeams plays on the Ikeda floor.
•The easy chaff", all patched with care,
•
Is placed by the old heartti-stoner
With witching &nee; in the old fireplace,
The evergteens aro strewn.'
And pictures bang on the whitened wall, •••
And the old clock' ticks in cottage hill.
More lovely still, on the window sill,
The dew-eyed flowers rest,
While 'midst
. the leaves on' the moss-grown
- eaves,
The martin builds her nest;
And all day long the summer breeze
Is whispering love to the banded trees.
Over the door, all covered o'er
With a sack of dark-green belie,
Lays musket old, whose worth is told
In the events of other days,
And the powder flaek, and the huntor'e born,
Have hung beside It for many a morn.
For years have fled; with noiseless tread,
Like fairy dreams away,
And left In their flight, all shorn of its might,
A father—:old and gray,
And the soft wind plays with his snow-white
hair, , •
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And the old man sleeps in his eau chair.
Inside the door, on the sanded floor
Light s airy ((Kasten! glide,
And a maiden fair, with flaxen hair.
Kneels by the old man's side— _
An old oak wrecked by the angry storm,
While the ivy. clings to its trembling form
"Are you star-gazing?" asked Hel
en Deno, stepping out :upon the ver
andah, where, Tom Ford stood staring
abstractedly at the cloudless evening ,
sky.
" Only trying to .devise some new
method of shuffling off the moital
coil," Tom answered, laying his un
lighted cigar on the railing beside
him.
AS A, PA,
Have matters reached such a
desperate condition with you? "
laughed his companion. "I should
never have suspected it."
" It is my hero, not myself, who is
to be sent out of the world," was the
reply. " Can not you give me a hint?
Poison, Consumption, precipices,
shipwreck, runaway' horses. Batt I
I have mide use of them ail till they
have grown wearisomely common. I
am tempted to advertise for a novel
way of ridding myself dr other peo
pleof life—even at the risk of bring
ing a whole host of detectives down
Upon me."
" Why not let the poor myth live?"
questioned Helen, smiling at the
conical expression of despair on the
perplexed author's face.
" Impossible ! " reph i ed Torn. "The
lost heir has turned , dp,•and is al-
ready to marry Lady Gwendoline,
•and' so this hero --- aissistant hero,
rather, is in the way, ;and must be
removed, even if I have to do it in a
commonplace fashion. You do not
know what a benevolent person I am,
Miss Helen, nor how i tituch I have
done for the happiness of my kind
since first I commenced iscribbling.
At the lowest estimate I have hunted
out and returned to their sorrowing
parents fully three dozen heirs and
heiresses—with and without straw 7
berry marks and tattooed anchors on
their arms. if it were not for the
base ingratitude of .humanity, my
statue, arrayed in nondescript cos
tume, and executed in the worst style
of American art, would now adorn
Central Park Union Square. I would
like to be a lost heir myself," he went
on, musingly, "only to be one, it is
necessary to have liquid blue.eyes
and golden I,air and snowy brow ;
or raven locks and fathomless 'dark
orbs, and classic features, and not
ono of these attractions did unkind
nature see fit to bestow upon me. I
am houtelynot even picturesquely
homely, at that—do you know it,
Miss Helen
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Towanda, Pa
TDIVANDA,
" Since you have made the asser
tion, I cannot be impolite enough to
contradict it," she replied, gathering
-some of t t he crimson leaves from the
Virginia creeper - and putting them
into her belt as'she spoke.
"Give them to me, please," said
Tom, stretchirg out his hand.
She shook her head, and pointed
to the vine.
"For a. momenta of this evening;_"
be pleaded, in a tone which was far
from sentimental. • /-
Pneritreron
"How many such, momentoes have
you already?" questioned she, still
keeping the leaves.
" A dead rose ';- some other plant,
which now looks and smells decided
ly hayey ; a glove, spotted with lem
onade and of no possible use to its
rightful owner; a slipper rosette, big ,
and ugly as a mushroom, and a piece
of pink ribbon mach creased, which
may, perhaps; have•belonged to Miss
Halsted instead of yOu," enumerated
Tom. "That is all, "I assure you."
What are 'you going to do with
them?' demanded Helen, much in
clined to laugh.
"
Keep them 'to sigh over winter
evenings when the .fire gets low and
my cigar is smoked out," Tom an
swered. " One must have help t 6
misery as well as to happiness.?
" It that be so, here are the leaves,"
(laying them in his; hand). " May
they c,ontributD their small share to
ward making ion wretched, since it
is for that you desire them."
" A thousand thank's!" he exclaim
ed, putting the coveted possession
into his pocket-book, where the dead
.rose already reposed.
Where are yotir other collec
tions!" asked . Helen. "I presume
you have made quite a number with
in the past ten years."
" To tell the truth," replied he,." I
burned them after pilfering your
glove. I did not wish to get the tri
tiles mixed and so misplace my re
grets, you see." •
Helen bit her lip at this straight
forward avowal. "Are you always
so frank, Mr. Ford?"
" Never," he answered, " except
when craftiness cannot avail me
anything. If diplomacy could make
you adore me as—as I adore you, I
ehordd be a funtledged lliabhiavelli
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Itieghtt i!drn.
TAD OLD FA= HOUSI.
istellanintio;
NO HEBO Atl L)3, ALL
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instantly; bat it could not?" with a
quick, furtive glance at her face.
"No," she said, slowly and color
ing a little.
" I knew it," said Tom, checking a
sigh. " Well, I must content myself
with the dead flowers and crumpled
ribbons which you -have worn. A
man more desirgig than I might. re
ceive even less." A philosophic re.
mark by no means in keeping with
the speaker's gloomy and - perturbed
countenance at that moment. A long
silence, broken at last by Tom. "It
is almost three months since we met,
Miss Helen. Do you remember my
coming, up the walk and finding you
hulling strawberries with one of
Rachel's check aprons on? How
sweet those strawberries were 17
" Almost three months," echoed
Helen;." and—l am going home , next
week.".
Tom started and thenlscowled, bat
said nothing. -
"-Row glad I am ihat we are to be
in the same city next' winter," she
said presently. "We can meet often,
and Clara, who is a literary porton,
will lionize you."
"We shall never meet," he replied
with most ungracious curtness.
" Why?* she 'asked, in a slightly
hurt tone.
"Do you need to ask why ?" he , re
joined. " What sort of a companion
for' Deno's_ friends should I
beggarly scribbler- who' barely keeps
himself lodged and fed; and has not
talent enough to enable: him to hope
for fame even when he is griizled
and fifty. " No," he continued, 'Fiore
quickly,'" I have had my day here in
Ibis old farmhouse, without a rival
to dread—with no Boni to come be
tween me and the sweetness of your
compansonship. I have had my full
weed of happiness, and covet no
halfway joy in the future. I was not
made to play the part of a despairing
lover. I could not haunt your foot
steps for a smile, a look '
• or dance
attendance at parties and operas for
the pleasure of bringing you at 3 ice
or picking up your fan. I despise,}
man who can humble himself in such
a way. Yes, and I was going to add,
that I despise the woman who I can
take pleasure in seeing him do it l" •
He tossed the cigar away, and
strode up and down the porch, which
creaked alarmingly beneath his heavy
tread.
2 " A pretty fellow lam to get ;into
such a rage about nothing," he said
at last pausing beside Helen, - 5v a
still leaned against the lattice work.
" Forgive me, will yon not ? I 'will
never behave so again."
"I have nothing to forgive," she
replied with a smile. •:" I like to see
you behave badly—it amuses me,' and
I need be amused. -
"Is it, not a pity that a man ie so
hampered by circumstances as t. be
unable to assume a heroic attitude
when he wishes?" questioned Tom,
seemingly quite tranquil once more.
" I do not care to be taller nor iless
clumsy.; I don't even wish to amend
and revise my nose, but I wouldi l llike
to perform some wonderful meat
which would forever exalt me in your
eyes, lied earn for me your eternal
gratitude. I can think of scores—
snatching-you from under, the wheels
of a locomotive; swimming with you
to shore from a sinking ship, While
the waves were -running mountain
high ; or rescuing you from Boni°
desperado armed with numberleis
daggers
_and revolvers. How delight
ful it would be to hear you sob out
your thankfulness to your brave Pre
server, as Miss - Alicia de Courcy floes
to Percy' itzgerald in my last dramacia!
At present I amuse you—am jell
nigh as indispensable to your cOna-,
fort as a lap-dog ; compel you to he,
grateful, and I think you Our.
hardly avoid loving me."
" I should abhor you!" -returned
Helen. " I always dislike peoplis to
whom I am under obligations. When
I am forced to be grateful to any
body, I feel as though the anyhody
had a string tied to my little finger
and could jerk it warningly at tinter
vals to remind me of my duty." ii
" On the whole, then,"
said Tom,
looking down at her small figure,
"yon would seer to rescue meland
listen to the sobbing assurances of
my gratitude. I will improvise some
'horrible danger forthwith, pl4nge
headforemost into it and allow l you
to take me out, If you will be any
wore likely to care for me in cause
(pence. Let me see, we are going
up - the valley to-taorrow—" 11
" Not we," interrupted Helen 1 ! "
mast remain at home to entertSin a
1 ,
v_sitor.".
"Do you expect the 9 in
ot
,g of
that domestic affliction, Miss Fletch
er ? Why not ran -away from her
first thing iu,-the morning
" It is not Miss Fletcher,"li said
Helen, hesitating over the wordi. "It
is—Mr. Hastings."
" Why did you not tell me a day
sooner?" ogled Tom, in a hard con
strained tone.
"I did not know it till thiJl eve
ning," She replied. " The telegram
come only.an hour ago—just after wo
had finished tea."
" And yrs- -
glad ?" Tv
.nd you,are g :om ques
tioned, looking at her with a keen
glance. -
" Ys, I suppose so ; - it is my duty
to be' glad."
" This is good-by, then," said; Tom,
after some minutes of embarassinr ,
°
silence.
" Shall I not see yon to-morf.ow ?"
she asked, with a little falter n her
.voice. ,
"No; I shall be off by sunrise for
a last day in the valley. I can take
the evening train at March's liridge
—it slacks there, and the conductor
knows me and will not objea. If
Mr. Hastings is what he shotild be,
you will not want meif,he is not—
shake hands, Helen. ' Don't 'Oak out
the window when I go away • ) I
should only think of you as looking
a little later for ItltHastings' coining."
"Poor Tom," said Helen to lerself
a few minutes afterward, as she
heard his room door close with em
phasis ; " I wonder if Ralph ever
bangs doors or gets into small rage' !
He never lumbers, at any rate and
how the poor floor did squeak when
Tom walked across it 1"
"I think I can got down there,"
soliloqnized Tom Ford the next fore•
noon, peering over the rocky wall.
"At least it ismorth my while to try
t 1
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11.11MADDLISS D
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.. OCTOBER. 8.1874.
—it will save a. mile of walking if. I
succeed." Swinging lumself over, he ,
crept cautiously. loyamward. Half
the descent had been made safely,
when his foot Blipped and he fell,
carrying with him the rock to which
he was clinging:
When he recovered conaciolumesss
he found himseltlying at, the bottom
Of the precipice, piaioned to the
ground by a mass of rock and earth
which had fallen upon lain.
" Unlucky that I h ave not the use
of both arms," he thought, having
finished the contemplation of his sit
uation. " Well,l must see what I
can - accomplish with one. Phew !
how it pains me; I mnst have bruised
it, badly coming doin."
As he spoke he attempted to lift
the free arm, but it diopped power
less by his side. " Woken, as sure
as fate!" he exclaimed, with a grimace
of mingled pain and amusement.
)Vas ever a fellow in; a sorrier pre
dicament ?' • 1
' It won't do,' he said, after a score
of fruitless efforts to release himself.
I I am here, and here I must stay till
some one comes to my assistance."
And thereupon he sheeted at the'top
of his lungs for help.. The valley
gave bacethe echoes of his voice, but
there was no other res ponse.
Still, again and again he called,—
each time more TreaklY than before,
for his strength was fast leaving him;
but no lucky cluince sent a person
by within reach of that despairing
cry. The pain of the broken arm
was intense, and his cramped posi
tion added to hie misery ; his throat
was parched with thirst, while the
glare of the sun' as it rose iligher;
well nigh blind/ In such agony
as holed never dreajed of he lay
as the weary hours dragged by, and
the day jonrneyel toward its end.
Would help ever come ? he won
dered, straining his ears to catch the
slightest sound. I
- The place was a lonely and desert.
ed one—seldom visited. except by
some wanderingartist in search of
the picturesque, and there was no
one to miss him or grow anxious at
1 1
his absence. Helen mild take for
granted that he had eturned to thp
city, and so he would e left to perish
slowly of - thirst and st rvation.
And while he wast us dying she
would be laughing alyay the joyous
moments with. Mr. Hastings by.her
side. His fancy. pictnred the pair
together, and heground•his teeth in
impotent fury and despair.
Then, as day dielined, and dark
ness, stealing throngh the valley,
wrapped itself about him, half-delu
sive fancies camp to Make him for
getful of pain. Helen was beside
him—he could hear her soft tones,
feel tho clasp of hur head i oho did
not love Mr. Hastings, but himself,
and she had sought• to tell him so.
As the vision vanished he lost con
sciousness for the first 'time in his life.
' The vielt - does not strike me a
particularly fine 'one, my dear,' said
Mr. Hastings, balancing himself on
the railing of the bridge and survey
ing the scenery vith a glance of calm
disapproval.
'lt is not even pretty,' Helen re
plied but—l wanted to tome.' She
was looking very intently at the rail
road track—a pleasant object for
contemplation, as any lover of beauty
will 'admit.
'Suppose, thor4 that we go home,'
mildly suggested Mr. Hastings, offer
ing his arm.
Wait a moment the train is
coming,' answered she, as the shriek
of .the locomotive was heard. The
train came—slacked inmost to an ab
solute stoppage. Helen's eyes watch
ed it all the while very eagerly, but
no Tom took advantage of the delay
Ito spring upon' the, platform. Had
'he changed his mind and returned
to the farm-house? It was not like
ly; in his present.state ; of feelinr , ° he
;would not court a,meeting with Mr.
,'Hastings. Helen' knew not
why—a vague consciousness of anx
iety. "
'Ralph,' I (tutning suddenly to
'ward her lover), I want] to go up
tint() the valley—it will not bs dark
for more than two hours, yet,—will
You go ?'
' Wait till to-morrow,' ho answered,
mindful of his Halt boots, and in no
Pood for rock-climbing. ' Yon are
ale, Helen—yes, and' actually shiv
firing, too. This air is fever-and
t guish,' wrapping :her shawl more
nlosely aboutler as - he spoke. 'Come,
la us go home as soon as possible.'
.I• will not !—I mean I can not l '
Helen replied, excitedly. You must
go, with me, Ralph; I 'am afraid
something has' happened to T—Mr.
Who is Mr. Ford ?' asked he ; with
look which wasi by no means lover
,
!He is a gentleman who has been
oarding at Mrs.] Kedder's this sum
.. er,' replied Helen, the color rushing
over her face in spite of her efforts to
appear indifferent. He was to re
turn to the city this afternoon, taking
the train here, and he has failed to
do, so, and—'
Can not a man change his mind
if ho sees fit?' Mr. 'Hastings inter
rupted, half-jestingly, half-angrily.
'Don't be so foolish, my darling,' he
went on ; 'it is not very complimen
tary, to me your fretting about this
fellow the first evening of our meet
ing. We.will go back now, and if he
is not at the haul somebody shall
to stnt in gearch,o him, I promise
you.
'lt may be too late then,' said
Helen. You pans, come with me,
Ralph,' taking his hand.
L.
I will do nothing of the kind! till:
swered the irat4 ; and if you
go it will be disobedienca to my
express commands: Mr. Hastings
looked really imposing in US wrath.
When was I ever known to . obey
you—or any on else ?—retorted Hel
en, with flashing eyes. I would go
now,. if—(trying to say semething
tragic, bat failing)—if I were cer
certain that I •votild lose my way,
and be compelled to stay ant all
night in the cold.—And shaking off
his detaining giasp she was gone, in a
moment.
Isuppose that every woman must
be either a sinipleton or a vixen,—
philosophicallyl obseried Mr. Hast
ings, as he wended his solitary way
homeward; bat each an exhibition of
Ell
ON nom ANT QV Tom.
"~' ./.' . r . ...
temper and wilfulness on Helen's
part was really very unplethiant.
The walk was a long one, and the
night was fast' falling when Helen
reached the entrance of thEt valley.
She and Tom bad explored it fre
quently; • but now, in the • shadowy
twilight, it looked so wild and for
bidding, that she shrank backinvol
untatity; but now, would it not be
worse , than folly to risk" her, life
among its rocks and chums, because
of a mere nervous fancy. As she
stood irresolute—feeling her courage
fast ebbing,_ a faint cry seemed to, fall
upon her ear. She listened eagerly.
Did some one call 'Helen,' or was it ,
only her imagination ?'was like
TOM'S voice, she saidio herself, with
a shiver,—only go faint and unearth
ly. Her timidity had all vanished
DOW, and she went resolutely on,
falling oyer prostrate trees, climbing
up the rugged sides ,of projecting
rocks, urging her way through tan
gled masses of vines and underbrush,
heePss of her cut : and bleedirg
hands and feet, her fast-failing
strength, and intent only upon reach
ing' the spot whence, the cry tad
Come.
Shall I ever find him ?-- she
thought, despairingly, as her. foot.
caught in a tree-root and she fell
once more. •Putting out her hand
to aid herself in rising, she tonehed
something which was neither stone
nor wood. She grasped it eagerly—
it was'an arm in a rough coat sleeve,
—a masculine arm evidently, and
the discovery sent a thrill of horror
to her heart.
An instant more, and the injured
marl moved a little and murmured
'Helen' in a feebld, almost ivaudible
tone.
Helen did not shriek, nor faint,
nor call him 'darling,' as a heroine
would hay) done. She only said
quietly—l am here, Tcm; tell we,
are yon hurt badly ? •
Is it yon Helen, really yon ? he an
swered, excitement lending him
strength. My arm is broken, and
there is a mass of earth end rock up
on rice. I have 12.0.,g here ever
since morning, and had given up all
hope of being rescued. Did you
come to•look for me—l have thonght
of you continually.
Yes,— returned Helen, 'hastily,
thinking that further questions might
prove embarrassing,—and now I am
going back for help. I will not be
gone long; yon shall be safe at home
within two hours; I assure you. Keep
up a good heart till I come back.
How did she know that I failed to,
take the train ?" queried Tom, men
tally, as the sound of her footsteps
died away.. Bruised and aching as
he was, lie would not juist then have
ohatigod places with Ur. Hastings.
* * * * * *
Do' not make excuses for him,.
Tom,---said Helen, in a vexed tone,
and, walking restlessly, to'and fro as
Toni himself had done on the even
ing ',before la. Hastings' expected
arrival.
Why not? asked Tom, watching
her from the lounge on which he, lay.
I admit that he behaved badly, but
then ho had reason to b 3 aggrieved.
AnSwer hitnOtter, Held)), and say
that you forgive him.—He stopped,
feeling that heroism and self-sacrifice
could go no farther.
I will never see him again! she
answered,, her . plender, dark eye
brows coming ¢ little closer together.
I know now that I never hid any
real affection for him—thank fortune
I found it nit before it was too late.
Poor Hastings,! I am sorry for
him—rejoined Tom, gravely, trying
to arrange tho sling in which his dis
abled arm rested,—mildly sorry, that
is, I pity myself a hundred-fold more.
Why ? asked Helen, with the air
of a seeker after useful information.
Because you do 'not care for me,
ho replied.
But- 7 -I think I do care for you,
Tom, she said coming to his side to
adjust the refractory handkerchief. I
did not want to; but you know it is
so natural to like people whom you
have compelled to feel grateful to
you.
I know, answered Toai, very well
satisfied with the explanation. And,
after all, Helen,curcumsta r nces which
would not permit me to be a hero
allowed' yon to be a heroine—it is
really too bad.
Yon should 'be very thankful to
circnmstanes, laughed Helen, for if
you had saved my life I would have
been yourmortat enemy always; anti
until you tumbled over that precipice
I thought you rather an awkward
peison, and felt very well content to
marry Mr. Hastings.
"Seim," said a gentleman to the
beadle of a country parish, "ye has
been sae long about the minister's
hand that I dare say ye could preach
a sermon yoursel' now."
"Ali, no, Sir," replied John; "I
coulant preach a sermon, but maybe
I could draw an inference."
"Neel, John," said the querist,
h - arnoring the quiet vanity of the
beadle, "what., inference could ye
draw frae this test, 'A wild ass Bunt ,
feth up the wind at her pleasure ?'".
Weel, Sir, I wad draw this infer
ence—he wad snuff a long time be
fore he wad fatten upon't. '
THE old blue laws of Connecticut
were somewhat discouraging to
yoing men of enterprising connubial
aspirations. For instance: "No man
shall court a maid in persons or by
letter without first obtaining consent
of her parents; £5 penalty for the
first offence, £lO for the second,and
for the third imprisonment during
the pleasure of the Court."
Labor is the law of,the world, and
he who lives by other means is of less
value to the world than the buzzing
busy insect.
Call him not• a king .who needs
must please the world; 'tie he alone
who in his actions does not need
the fickle approbation. _
A wag says ho attended a !lir in
au adjoining county a few wok ago,
and the, show cousised of a calf, a
goose'and a pumpkin; and that it raid
ed so hard the first night that th
goose swam off, the calf broke loose
and ate up the pumpkin and a thief
stole the calf, and that ended the
fair.
D, MAGGIE .ANI) THE EDIGLA2B,
".Yon are not afraid, Maggie?"
" Me - afraid I" said Maggie. "-I'd
nd feir . horn .with_me. As for ;the
hduse, It's the strongest fastened ever
I was in. Yon g -say yotirself, there is
n 4 lock a burglar could force, and
am not the one to let tramps or the
like in of my free will. God knpws
the place will be safe enough , when
yeti come back—as though there was
a regiment orsolders in it; and
have all bright for your new. wife,
Mr; Archibald."
sb' lalled
c: ier mas er r. rchi
bald still, this oid woman; but she
was the only one who still used ;his
Christian name. He was an elderly
man himself, and bad few intiinate .
friends, hospitality not being, one' s of
his 'virtues. He was rich, and there
was much that 'was valuable in• his
house; more ready money, too, than
most men keep about them; but then
it was as secure as a bank vault,---
patent locks and burglar alarms that
seta bullet into any one who sought
to enter by stealth, and then rang a
bell to wake, the household, were at
tacked to every door, and a furious
watch dog, that lived on raw, meat,
and was in the back garden: The
.Van Nott mansion could - have 3vith
stoed a siege at a moment's notic e.
Ur. Van Nott was a money dealer.
He had ways and means of acuity:m
-:1
lating property which were mysteries
to his neighbors, and they were sits
pielous That the little back parlor,
sacred to business, had. even Eiden
lesser dealings, such as the loan of
money ron the gold watches, cash
mere shawls, and diamonds of gen
teel distress. Two or three mort
gages that, he bad bought up ha,d
been rather cruelly foreclosed; and
he lwas a hard landlord' and a bad
per l son to owe money to altogether.
On the 'whole, be was thoroughly
dis ikeci in the place, and rich as he
waS,. would have found it hard to
get' a wife to his liking among is
neighbors at Oakham. However,
having resolved to marry again,—
there had been a 31r5,.. Van Nott, who
died years before —he had sought
cora a wealthy, widow of a saving dis
position, who lived on a small farm
some. miles out of town, and hating
already .disinherited her daughter
for, espousing an estimable man' of
small means, and turned her only
sort out of doors for equally prudent
reasons,` was not likely to bring any
troublesome - generosity into his
honsehold, had offered himself to her
and had been selected. And now,
thcingh both their economical souls
tevOlted against-it, Custom decreed a
wedding trip of some sort, and a
honeymoon 'trip somewhere, and
they had decided to do It as, cheaply
as possible. For this brief time Mr.
Van Nott must leave his bnsindss
and his house, and it was upon the
eve of his departure that he held the
abeve conversation with his old sdr-
Taut, standing with his portmanteau
in / his hand, and regarding' her
gravely.
" Yes, yes," he said, " I preemie
it'a all safe enough, and I'll spefik to
the night watchman, and give him; a
dollar to take a particular look !it
this house. Well, good-bye, Maggie,
make things as'neat as possible, for
if they look dirty, my wife may think
the furniture old, and want-some
thing new for the parlor." And M.
Va'n Nett departed.
"Yea, yes," said Maggie ; "io
doubt she'll have fine,... extravagant
ways. Poor master I. What a pity
he should marry, after—bat old fools
are the worst fools. A yowl.. u' thing
of eight-and-forty, too, when he has
a sensible servant, sixty last January,
that knows what belongs to geed
house-keeping. If he wanted to mar
why did n't he ask. me ? I'd not
have gone gallivanting and spendirig.
Ali, well, he'll suffer, not 1." And
Maggie trotted away to begin her
sweeping and dusting.,.
She had said truly 'that there was
nolfear born with her, but 'as the
night drew on she began to feel
somewhat lonely. Her master's pres
ence was.strangely missed out of the
great house, and there .was sonic
thing ghostly , in the look of his emp
ty chair when she peeped into the
little back office.
- 'lf I was superstitious," - she said;
to herself, " I should think 'sonic=
th_ng dreadful was going to happen:
I feel chilly up and down my, back,
and I keep thinking of funerals! I'll
make my if a cup of tea, and, sed if
I can't get over
And accordingly old. Maggle slut
herself into the snug kitchen', and
lighting two candles, drew a pot of
the strongest young hyson, and put
ting her feet close to. the cooking
stove began to feel much more °Om
fortable.
The old clock. ticked away on the
mantel, the handi pointing toI half
past eight.
"I'm going to bed at nine),!" said
Maggie, "I've worked well to-day.
How much thanks I'll get •for PI, I
denbt. Hark ! what's that?"
It was a sound outside the doer-1
a slow, solemn grating of vithels.
Then feet trod the paNient, and
the bell rung faintly.
"A carriage !" cried Magcie:•`/las
he changed his mind and hrolig,ht
her home at once ?" But that can't]
be—he's not married yet." A n d . fl kH
ing one of the candles she trotted t
the - door, but net before the belllhad
•,
rung again, I, I
"Who's tha'l,?" she cried, holaing
the door slightly ajar. - ••
ct A stranger, said a voice; "one
who has. something particular to say
to you."
"You'll have to wait for to-mor T
row," said Maggie. "You e nil came
in to-night.
"My good wom an,' said the stran
ger, "yon are Mtirgaret, Black?" I
"That's my nara D. " ' , • i
"Mr. Van Notit'a i l housekeeper 'for
twenty years ?" - I I
1
"Yes."
"My "My good wo n), an, if you are at
tached to your frnaSter, I have, very
bad news for yon.'' [ I ,
"Gracious Lbrd r. cried Mriff , Tio
, e , i
.bat she did notlepen the door tuticla
wider only enough to- thrust her
head out. Don't, scare me,Mister.
What is it ?" i mister.
Wha t
- 1
"The worst you can think of, said
said
the man. " M;. Van Nott trave4d
On the—railrOad. There Ina been
an accident."' , 1
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$2 per Aiintun Advance.
NUMBER P.
"Preserve mil" cried Maggie, let
ting the door fall back "and 44a on
his way to his; Wedding. He's hurt
badly-then?"
"He's dead,"! said the man.
and we've brought ! : irt.home."
Maggie sat dopc - u, It l a' - - chair and
began to cry. !!
"We've done pvhat could," said
the man. "Thellady he was to mar
ry, and her friends, will come down
to-morrow. Meanwhile, my n stin c
lions are that yen 81041 watch with
him, and allow , o strangers!to enter
the hips°. There are valuable things
here, I am told ;4and 3.r.r. Van Nott's
lawyer must talc' - posseSsion of them,
and seal them Tip before strangers
hare access to the rooms.
," Oh, dear, .dear," cried old• MigF
: gie; "that it shbuld Come to thisi
Yes; I'll watch a one. Trill !:‘,l ~,f rail,
but—oh, dear !"
1
Then she shrunk h cl?.. and let t•-o
men carry 'a
hor4ible •ceffin into the
front parlor. ' • • -'' ' .
They came ou with, their hatsuff,
land the other man held. his also in
I
his hand. . 1- - I
4.- ' I
"Ii regre tlo leave you 'ail alone. in
the hOns4," be svfid. ••: .!
"I don't mind that," 's,aid old Mag l j•
gfe, "bat it's terrible, terrible." .
- "If you'd like -no•' to 1 stay—" said
the man:
~ •
•
"No;" said Ma' gie. , I" I've no fear
of liting•or dead folks. You can go.•
Thee she. lod -ed the tik.:or .and
went-into the pa lot, and putting the
cOndle on. the MI ntel; ,looke(1 at the
coffin through 11 r tears'.
• "He was good enilugh to "me," she
'said; "poor Mr.,Archihald ! And this
comes of wantin
`time of life, and
roads. I woad,
to tarry at.this
alivanting 'on rail
whothe:r h© Ims
I'll take .a 105 k."
seti the rown. and
"the fliee of the en-
changed - touch.
And Maggie cio
lifted the lid: ove
clesed body.'
take a lo
self again. .".tra
folks."
I 1 •
In a minutei more . Maggie dropped
the lid again and retreated, shaking
from head to Ifoot.. She had seen,
within the coffin, a face with
shut, anfl with bandages about' the
head, and the ghastly fCatures of a
clown in a circits, minus the red
month. •
But it was a liNin(7 fade well chalk
- t
ed, and not her master's; and Mag
gie:know at once the story of her
master's death was 4 tie,i and that
burglar lay within. the coffin, ready
to spring, upon h r and hind her; or
perhaps murder her at any moment,
.-," said she to her'-
not afkaid of dead
•urse oken the door
but the, accompli
'ere dpubtlese out
•ng diOanee to the
even if they did
!would execute their
:he place before she
- ,•
She could of c
and try to escape
ces of the man
side. It was a 1,
neaKest l house, an
not kill her, -they
Purpose and rob
returned. .
'iiitural;" said Marr
o
fed tol collect her
"Master looks
gie, aloud, and tr
thoughts.
Mr. Van Nut.Cs
the next room, shi
r,•volvers were In
krievt, loaded,
aggie could use
aimed! at trouhle:-
reat success more
cot/id l ea - Care these
shots in each.;
Ostels. She had
some cats with
than once. If sh
pistols she felt sa e
.. _
1 "Poor, dear in Ster, she : sobbed,
and edged town d the I tack roorn.
"Poor, dear master." She lifted the
deal; lid. She had theml safe. ..:
She glided bacii to the front par;•
lor and sat down on a I chair., She
turned up her sleeves and grasped a
pistol in each hat4l, and watched the
coffin quietly. In half an hour the
lid stirred. A cautious hand crept
up, the side. Airy Ely peeped out.
It fell upon : the armed figure, and
closed again. ,
" You'd better,l" said, Maggie to
herself. ,
Again the head liftedl This time
,Maggie sprung to her feet.
"You're fixed quite handy," she
said coolly. - " NI: need of laying you
oat if I fire, and can aim first-rate,
especially. when I In afraid of ghosts,
as I be now."' 1
1 .
The head bobbed down again
Maggie reseated lierself r She knew
this could not last very long—that
there must be a conflict . l / before 10 1 :4.
It was as she supposed. 1 - A moment
'more and the coffin wasf empty, a fe
rocious young fellow sat on its edge
and thus addresed her
1 ," We meant te 4 do it all quiet," he
Said, " and I don't want to frighten
,old women. Just put them down."
"I'm not frightened, !said Maggie.
"I'm coming to take' them , things
away from yon, 'fiaid th' man.
"Come,.said Maggie.
He advanced One fate; -
She took
aim and he dodged, bu a bullet went
through his left arm and it droPped
by his side. . .
Furious with pain he dashed to
ward her. She ftred again,. and this
time wounded luta in the right shoul
der.' Faint and quite; helplesss, he
staggered against the, wall. Faint
1 4 / )
and quite hel less, he staggered
against the wall
"There, you've done it old woman,
lie L•aid. "Opens the ddor and let me
init. 'My game is up.
"Mine is n',1 . ., said' old old Maggie.
"Got into the offin again, or this
time I'll shoot yeu thrOugh the heart.
The burglar piteously at
- her, but he saw no;meicy in her face.
Ho went back o the 1 coffin and lay
down in it, bloOd ' dripping from his
wounds, and he was !growing pale.
Maggie did net want .o see him die
before her eyes', brit she dared not
call aid. To leave, the house before
daylight would be to meet thisrn's
companions, and iiskl her ow life.
There was nothing fot it bat to play
surgeon herself; and in a little while
she. had stopped the blood and saved
the burglar's life. ; More than this—
she brought him a clip of tea, and
fed him with it as if be had been a
baby. Nothing, hoW,ever, coald'in
duce her let In i 'm. out of his coffin..
About One Or tWo o'clock she lima
steps ontsideJ and Iknew' that the
other burglariii were near, but her
stout heart never!qiailed. She trust
ed in the bar's and bolts, and they
did not betray her.l 'The daylight
found her sitting, quietly beside her
wounded burglar,' and the milkman,
bright and eexly,l wan the ambassa
dor who stutionedl the officers of
justice. I '
When the bridal
nett day, the, ha
tidy/ .and Maggie, in her best alpaca,
told the news in laconic fashion.
"yrightened l'ihossid, in answer
to the sympathetic ejacttlations of
her new m!stress.l "Prighterted rph;
no. ear was n't born
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' WENEEI ALOI4I TEC NILE ' 1
EpENEB
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We l have , been long away from
Cairon, with its !busy .- streets and
scenes so like to those of the "draw
bian Tights," and now for weelui
have imen iling along the strange
river Nile. , How I should like to
have you a ll with ' Me—and what . a
fleet it would be I We should need
such a number okaiabbeads (Pleas
ure-bciats) as neVer sailed - on this
iriver before, 'and al t think - the Arab
childr, in their mazement, would
if
[forget their ' con s titutional cry of
"backshih," 'with 1 which they ever
'salute the traveller.' -
There are many scenes. on the
river -bank that would ' attract your .
,attention and fill Yon with surprise.
All day, but more especially morning
and 'evening, long Ales of - women, in
their 4ark blue robes, come to the
-river's brink to fill, tile large ballas
jars, called called from, tVe village where
it,
theylMade. After little gossip 'and
merry laughter, th y-help one anoth
er to - rise the ve s sel to the top of
,the head, where i is placed on a
hollewlpad, and so . they go back to
their homes, up hil
. .and down per
haps' al distance ,of half a mile or .
More, without ever touching the jar
with their hands. It is a feat which'
surprises the traveler, and can only
be accomplished b y daily practice.
Here and :there may be seen a
dai
i
buffalo,lblack, ugle. ' in appearance,,
apPare tly 'sullen d surly, but' in
reality 'gentle an obedient to the
naked little boy on I his back. '
,1
Semi:times, in th warm afternoon,
I sit l and watch th water-fowl, and
listen to their v ied cries; huge
pelican's flapping their immense.
wings far overhead- graceful cranes
stalkin over the flafs; herones,storks,
and th whole', race of ducks in -roy
riadS, warm ing on every sand-bath.;
and, very rarely, to beautiful red
&mingle, which we have to'' observe
1 1 -,1 ,
througo the ouble glass, as it is the
-hy - to Come near our boat:
"Dead,
OCearzion;ll;;e
-isel37 -
camels loom
ming—
-1 r , the ,background, groWling
hicleou ly - as they are forced to km/el
to reee ye their bur;dens. •• .
• . It 16 a strangle - -sight—that 'of
the' was /umber of Workrhen, as we
saw them goiiT to their labcir . ou
the raiqead which IS being built.fibni
Caro 'pp /the 'Nile: Each man had a
palm-leaf basket, into / which ho
scrated /up the dirt : with-, his:hand , -.,
and theU, poising it on his head, car;
'tied it its place of distination.. It is
"Laid :that somebody Once imported_
some ivtleelbarrows 'for the benefit of.
these!peor fellows; but, some • time
after,l Imin,g I to' sr how the new
imprOv ment ,worke I,- he found them
Mug the wheel-harrows and - putting
them I upon their heads, where they
carried hem just as ' they', did the
basketsi I don't / say. this 'true, but
it does 'show the la& of keen wit in
thcs'e!pople, and the way, they cling
to 014 Icin,ton6 ; Orld I believe - if
somebody should giye one .of them a.
c‘;llceibrrcw, he w
thal..l3eleSS wr 'iu just .
-.;, fileto/as f;./r
ectoir'.fr.
HOW THE
ref otterof
t•'-an tit s descrli
process s of ra,
the sho E towers oft at city:
" Ooe, of the i sec ets of the - ma
11f:1C - turd' is . the,misi g of P lead with b.
certain proportion o a coixibinatiou
.
of mineral sub4ances called -'temper.
.
The;' temper' fused with the lead,
and gives the leadthat consistency
which makes itdrop,. If it was tot
for the 'temper' the lead wouldbe
moulde6. by the sieve and would form '
little peUcils iiii,tead of round shot.
When 'BB,'"shot, for s instance r arn
be madd, the lead is poured into a -
pan perfOrateclViith holes correspenl
ing, to that, size. The ,little pellets
come Ruling down in a continuo:is
shower, and fall into a tank filled •
with water on thegTound floor. In
their r dEiscent oftwo hundred feet
they become perfedt spheres, firm
and dense, and thy are tolerably
cool when they strike the water, al
though the swift concussions make
the tank- foam and bubble as if the
water lwas boiling furiously. The ilipt
I
must fall in water, for should they
strike arty firmi substance they would
We flattened • ,and 'knocked mitt of
shipe. ITo get the little Pellets Per- ,
fectly'dry after, they!have been in ,the
well is the most troublesome and dif
ficult nr,ocess of the iwhole manufact
ure. An elevator with small buckets
(very much like thOsn used - in flour
mills) carries i the shot up as fast as
they reach the bottom of 'the Wells
and deposits them in a box sixty feet
above the( floor. the water drips
from, 'the buckets as; they go up, and -
not much is pOuredi into the receiver
above, although it is intended .for A -
sort Of dripping machine. From this
receivei the shot riin , doWn a. spout
into a drying pan, i•eseinbling, a gi
gentle shoe, made-of sheet iron. The
pan rests at au , smile which .perMits
the, wet shot to run slowly down to
thnchrber below,' and the pellets
beeom perfectly dry as they pass
over the warm sheet iron."
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A.
A QUESTION or HAss.—A: young
flood.much given to quizzing people
went into an eating saloon and with
quite a deal of flourish took a seat
at the 'end of the tables.: 'A colored
- waiter approa.ehed him` : ' with ; the
usual Ipok of l inquiry on his -A:lining
mu . ;1
Weil,"i Sall ?" ; I:
1
"What have you got to eat ?" ask
ed the y customer.
"011, gdt most anything you want.
1 , -
bosS." ~
"You have, elf ?" ' -
.', ._
"Vs, sir, ehner." •
"Almost anything. - Well, well,
give me a plate of that, 'said he,
looking earnestly at the darkey. , ,
i The waiter returned his gaze for a
inom4nt, and catching the felloW's
idea of qitizing hiin, he yelled , to the
cook at the further end of the room;
"Oho plate of hash." -
"What's that ?,I ordered .a plate of
'that'i—didn't you understand?, 'Al
most anything . --which yen _spoke of,
you know." . - ;.-
' _."Well, dar's most everything in
haihi• Yah! yak yah 1" and the
'der* laughed as though he really
enjo3ted the, joke that he had turned
upon the quizzer.
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Pleasing aro the changes Which
we "intelligent compositor" ring
upon sentimental and touching bits
of prose or poetry. In discribing a -
lover gazing at his loved one in de
spairing way, the novelist wrote: "He
watched the window till all hope had
Vanished."' It appeared in nice, new'
clean cut i italics: "lify %%ailed the
with soap and Niusibb4
1 party rettulied
was =at and
Ante,. -
man v
one •